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Poros Island - The Alternative to Athens

POROS island lays right in the middle of the Saronic Gulf, 32 miles from Athens.

The Island of Poros revolves in cubistic planes, one of walls and windows, one of rocks and goats, one of stiff blown trees and shrubs and so on. Yonder, where the mainland curves like a whip, lie the wild lemon groves and there in the spring young and old go mad from the fragrance of sap and blossom.
Visitors to Poros, immediately become witnesses to a strip of crystal clear waters, fringed by scenery that is blessed by mother-nature.

Poros Island looks like a simple prolongation of Peloponesse, since the isthmus that separates it from the Mainland of Peloponesse is narrow. You get a feeling that Poros is a small Vosporus.
You enter the harbor of Poros swaying and swirling, a gentle idiot tossed about amidst masts and nets in a world which only the painter knows.

To sail slowly through the streets of Poros is to recapture the joy of passing through the neck of the womb. It is a joy too deep almost to be remembered.

While staying on Poros Island you can easily visit the Peloponnese mainland, ready to explore Nafplion, one of the most beautiful towns inGreece, the ancient Mycenae, as well as the Epidavros village and the most famous theatre all over the world, the Ancient theatre of Epidavros.
From Poros you can also visit Aegina Island, Hydra Island and less than an hour on the Hydrofoil for a daily tour to Spetses.

 

POROS ISLAND, apart from its own beauty, gives good reasons to anyone who might want to visit Athens, Peloponnese and the Aegean Islands, and at the same time avoid staying in Athens. If you plan to visit Greece, to see the islands and the major archeological sites, Poros is the greatest Athens alternative.